Fishing News

Skippers Dockside Restaurant, behind the Holiday Inn Key Largo at mile marker 100, is headquarters for the third annual Skippers Dolphin Tournament set for Friday through Sunday, June 2-4, 2017. 

Team Islamorada Beer Co. secured the overall win and an $18,000 first-place cash prize at Marathon’s 11th annual Bull and Cow Dolphin Tournament that ended May 7 in the Middle Florida Keys. 

Anglers and University of Miami Hurricanes sports fans can fish with their favorite ‘Canes All-Stars at the annual University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame Celebrity Fishing Tournament. The tournament is scheduled Friday and Saturday, June 23-24, in Islamorada. 

Angling teams can compete for more than $35,000 in cash and prizes while vying to land the largest dolphin fish June 2-4 in the waters surrounding the Lower Florida Keys. 

A Michigan father and son who share the same name also share a talent for tournament angling, as they proved by taking top honors in four divisions of the Key West Fishing Tournament’s Kickoff 2017 that ended April 9 in the Florida Keys. 

Rob Preihs of Islamorada took top honors at the annual Jim Bokor Islamorada All-Tackle Bonefish and Redfish Shootout that ended March 10. 

Designed to promote fishing for anglers of all ages in a team event, the multi-species Islamorada Spring Classic is set for Friday through Sunday, April 28-30, with all fishing designated in Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. 

Team Astra Sails, led by Captain Greg Graham, tallied 19 sailfish releases to take top honors at the two-day Billfish Championship, a main event of the Jimmy Johnson Fishing Championship Week that ended Saturday in the Florida Keys. 

Heidi Andrews of Vero Beach, Florida, released 281.5 inches of barracuda to win the spin division of the 2017 Cuda Bowl Tournament that ended Feb. 4 in Key West. 

Captain Travis Dickens of Islamorada led his team aboard Indigenous to the overall win of the 27th annual Cheeca Lodge Presidential Sailfish Tournament that ended Jan. 21.